AMENDED SEVRES TREATY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 22 September 1922, Page 2

AMENDED SEVRES TREATY.

THE MARCH CONFERENCE. CONTROL OF DARDANELLES. RETURN OF CONSTANTINOPLE. CONCESSIONS TO TURKEY LAST MARCH. After an extended conference at Paris in March last, the French, British, and Italian Foreign Ministers unanimously agreed to a scries of propositions which they put forward “as the most equitable solution that it i« in their power to offer of the Near Eastern problem. ’ ’ Having set out the principles on which their proposals were based, suggested the conditions of an armistice between Greece and Turkey, and dealt with the protection of racial minorities, the Foreign Ministers went on to state that: THE DARDANELLES. “The interests of peace and the safety of the future demand that Europe shall never again bo exposed to the perils and sacrifices which were imposed upon her in 1914 and the succeeding years by the forcible closure of the Dardanelles. The countless lives that were there poured out, the stupendous efforts that were entailed, must not have been expended in vain. The Turks will be readmitted to the Asiatic shore of the Dardanelles under conditions which will provide for the existence of a broad demilitarised zone in order to obviate the possibility of any hostile military preparations in that quarter. But an Allied force must be placed, and must remain, in occupation of the Gallipoli Peninsula in order to safeguard the free and unimpeded entrance of the Straits. This also will be a demilitarised zone. The Allied garrison will consist of a force sufficient to secure the entrance to the Dardanelles. “The navigation of the Straits will be placed, as already proposed, under the control of an International Commission under a Turkish President, on which it is hoped, as time passes, that all the principal States who are interested in the commerce or navigation of the Straits will be represented. “The demilitarised zone will De identical with the existing Sanjak of Chanak. No further demilitarisation is proposed on the southern shores of the Marmora with the exception of the Peninsula of Artaki. On the Asiatic shores of the Bosporus the demilitarised zone will be identical with the existing neutral zone. The Islands of Lemons, linbros, Tenedos, Samothrace, and Mitylene outside the Dardanelles and all the islands in the Marmora will equaly be demilitarised. “Having affirmed their desire 4 to re-establish the Turkish nation and the Turkish dominion in the areas which may fairly be regarded as their own, with the historical and renowned capital of Constantinople as the centre, and with such powers as may enable them to renew a vigorous and independent national existence,’ the Foreign Ministers proposed io safeguard the Turkish capital by amending the frontier line in Eastern Thrace and demilitarising almost the whole of that province on both the Greek and Turkish sides of the frontier. ADRIANOPLE. “It has been considered,’’ the official statement proceeded, 4 4 whether any special provision should be made for the town of Adrianople, which it has been found impossible to sever from the surrounding territories of Eastern Thrace. Smyrna, which will revert to Turkey, and Adrianople, which w’ill be retained by the Greeks, are in a somewhat analogous position. The Powers will be quite willing to enter into friendly communication with the Turkish and Greek Governments, with a view to the conclusion of a friendly agreement, upon conditions w'hich will guarantee a full and fair share to the non-Turkish and the non-Greek elements in the populations in the administration of the two cities, and will further safeguard the religious buildings and institutions of Adrianople. ‘•'The three Ministers are not so vain as to suppose that Tins solution of the Tracian problem w’ill be warmly accepted by either party. The problem admits of no such easy solution. They can only commend it to the public opinion of the w r orld as the propositioi which seems to them to be most consistent alike with justice and with the facts of the case. CONSTANTINOPLE. “Passing to Constantinople, the three Governments desire to confirm their previously expressed willingness to withdraw altogether the threat that was made at the time of the Treaty of Sevres to revoke at some future date the retrocession of the capital to the Turks. They confirm the restoration of that city to the full authority of the Government of the Sultan; and they are further willing' to engage that the Allied forces, shall be altogether withdrawn after the ratification of the treaty of pence. “The Turkish Government will bo invited to garrison the city W’ith a larger -force than was contemplated in ihe Treaty of Sevres. There remain questions of the future armed forces of the Turkish State, the financial independence which it will enjoy, and the suggested modification or surrender of the capitulary rights which ere enjoyed by foreigners. ARMY STRENGTH. “Concerning the armed forces of Turkey, the Allied Powers are unable to depart from the principles which it has been found necessary to enforce in the treaties that have been con eluded with all the other States recently at war, or to admit the continuance of the system of conscription. They will, however, be prepared to consider with the Turkish Government in an amicable spirit the determination of the period in which the voluntary system of recruiting must be established in that country. “As to the numerical strength of the Turkish forces, it is proposed to allow a very appreciable augmentation of the figures which were contained in the Treaty of Sevres, or were afterwards suggested in London in 1921. The fcrccs now officially proposed are: Gendarmerie, 45,000; regular army, 40,000, or a grand total of 85,000 men—a total ’.which is very markedly in excess of the 50,000 designated in the Treaty of Sevres. ’ ’ Further important proposals were made with regard to finance, trade, capitulations and other mailers. SCIENTiriO WONDERS. Modern day scientists are sometimes likened unto Wizards. The annihila tion ef distance by rapid transport, heavier than air flying machines, wireless telegraphy and telephony are ex imples. Even the old-fashioned me thod of curing colds and chills by means of the hot mustard bath has given way to what is known as the “Inner Skin Treatment?’ Sir Alfred Power, writes on this matter: "A cold caught by chilling the outer skit flies at once to the delicate lining within.” Royie’s Cough Mint is specially prepared for the inner skin treatment. It drives the cold out at once* It does more than relieves, it banishes the culd. 8/6 at all Chemiata and Btwea?